Sash-fastener



' (No Model.)

H. M. PRIEST.

SASH PASTE'NER. No. 563,616. Patented July 7, 1896.

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HENRY M. PRIEST, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

SASH-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,616, dated July 7, 1896.

Application filed March 21, 1896.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. PRIEST, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State 01": Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash- IIolders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyin g drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sashholders, and has for its object the construction of a sash-holder that can. be easily attached to any windowframe and when the sash is raised will securely hold the same and prevent it from falling.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a sash-holder that will be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, eifectual in its operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture; furthermore, a sash-lock that when placed in its position in the window-frame will not in any manner interfere with the free and easy working of the sash.

\Vith the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail refer ence is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificatiomand wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views,in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved saslrholder, showing the same applied in position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my improved sash-holder. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same. Fig. at is a perspective view of the same.

In the drawings, (t represents the plate, which is secured in a recess in the windowframe, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. This plate a is formed with a slot 1), which terminates at the lower end in a round aperture c, and the plate is also provided at the rear with a lug d, to which is pivotally sefierial No. 584,225 (No mode-l.)

cured the lug e of the arm or holder f, adapted to fit in the slot Z). This arm or holder is formed on its lower end with a round head g, which fits in the rounded aperture c of the slot, and is provided on its rear side with a semispherical portion 72, forming a weight to return the arm to its normal position when the weight of the window is removed. The recess in the frame is formed to correspond. with the plate a, and then made of sufficient depth, as shown at t' in Fig. l of the drawings, to admit of the reception of the lug (Z and the movement of the arm f. The plate a is secured in the frame by means of small screws or nails through the aperturesj j, which are provided near each end.

A portion of the sash carrying the glass is represented in Fig. 1 by the reference-letter 7t, and the window-head at L in the same view.

The operation or" my improved sash-holder will be readily apparent from the view of the same which I have shown in the drawings.

hen the holder has been secured in the window-frame, the arm or supportf will hang in a perpendicular position with the fac flush with the outer face of the plate a, in which position it will remain by reason of the lower extremity being weighted. hen it is desired to use the holder, the sash is raised above the holder and the head 9 pushed back in the recess '5, which will force the upper end of the arm f outward, and when the sash is allowed to descend it will engage the same and force it downward until the head 9 engages on the frame, when the arm will be in the horizontal position and will firmly retain the window.

It will be observed that my improved holder can be easily attached to any window-frame and that when in position will in no manner interfere with the free and easy movement of i the sash when it is not desired to use the holder.

It will also be obvious that various changes may be made in the details of construction of my improved sash-holder without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a sash-holder, the combination of the extremity substantially as shown and deplate provided with apertures for securing to scribed. 10 the frame, a slot in said plate extending in In testimony whereof I affix my signature alinement therewith and terminating in a in presence of two Witnesses.

rounded aperture, a supporting-arm operat- HENRY M. PRIEST. ing in said slot and secured to the plate by Vitnesses: a lug pivotally attached to a lug of the plate, HENRY GREGG,

the supporting-arm having a Weighted lower JOSEPH CARNAHAN. 

